PARABOLIC

[par.a.bol.ic] adj [in sense 1, fr. LL parabola parable; in sense 2, fr. NL parabola] (1669) 1: expressed by or being a parable: allegorical

2: of, having the form of, or relating to a parabola "motion in a ~ curve" -- par.a.bol.i.cal.ly adv